From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stephen Berman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: About `--' (was Re: filenotify.el) Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2013 00:36:17 +0200 Message-ID: <87obas5wke.fsf@rosalinde.fritz.box> References: <87d2ra9z4x.fsf@gmx.de> <1383316.4Bc292dOgY@descartes> <87vc52yq04.fsf@gmx.de> <4199085.Bycd8r9Vun@descartes> <8761x12x4k.fsf@gmx.de> <878v1x71lb.fsf_-_@rosalinde.fritz.box> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1372286190 1037 80.91.229.3 (26 Jun 2013 22:36:30 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2013 22:36:30 +0000 (UTC) Cc: =?utf-8?Q?R=C3=BCdiger?= Sonderfeld , Michael Albinus , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jun 27 00:36:30 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1UryKD-0008Si-Ni for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 27 Jun 2013 00:36:29 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:34350 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UryKD-0007dt-C1 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 26 Jun 2013 18:36:29 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:49932) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UryK8-0007dm-RX for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Jun 2013 18:36:27 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UryK6-00022k-G6 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Jun 2013 18:36:24 -0400 Original-Received: from mout.gmx.net ([212.227.15.18]:63808) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UryK6-0001zL-7E for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Jun 2013 18:36:22 -0400 Original-Received: from mailout-de.gmx.net ([10.1.76.31]) by mrigmx.server.lan (mrigmx001) with ESMTP (Nemesis) id 0M38or-1U1W7v0NtP-00srnr for ; Thu, 27 Jun 2013 00:36:20 +0200 Original-Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 26 Jun 2013 22:36:19 -0000 Original-Received: from i59F57B02.versanet.de (EHLO rosalinde.fritz.box) [89.245.123.2] by mail.gmx.net (mp031) with SMTP; 27 Jun 2013 00:36:19 +0200 X-Authenticated: #20778731 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX1+lysUVXtilim3qKoIiu9QiGFCsiqk7QX9IvyVeLO /SUM28nW0b+pJ9 In-Reply-To: (Stefan Monnier's message of "Wed, 26 Jun 2013 09:06:52 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux) X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.4.x-2.6.x [generic] X-Received-From: 212.227.15.18 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:161114 Archived-At: On Wed, 26 Jun 2013 09:06:52 -0400 Stefan Monnier wrote: >> Second, "not meant to be used by other packages" is too vague for me to >> feel confident about how to apply it. For example, in the new version > > It means that something defined with "--" can completely change (or > disappear) from one release to the other. Can I borrow your crystal ball before the next release? Steve Berman